“We all know that with a rise in addicts comes a rise in the amount of related crime in the robberies of the pharmacies on Long Island,” he said.

He said he’s not against strong pain killers administered by doctors.

“Crooks like Oxycontin and Vicodin, yet you leave the doctor’s office, the dentist’s office, the oral surgeon’s office after you have a root canal, they routinely give you 20 to 30 of these pills. That can’t happen with these new powerful drugs,” he said.